The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 1966
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
8:00 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.19° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.20° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.